Tombow MONO Graph mechanical pencil: review, and how to use this shaker pencil

Learn how to use the Tombow MONO Graph mechanical shaker pencil, how to refill it, how to change the eraser, and finally how to unlock it and start using it.
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[@BlackCubone]

I found this video because I wasn't sure on how to refill the pencil with lead. Thanks for the info!

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Glad I could help. It took me a while to figure it out, hehehe!

[@mikepogi9675]

Me too

[@rehabsaudi8743]

me too😂

[@notMarcoxxx]

Me too😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pamelaricketts469]

Thank you for sharing "how to use" the Tombow Mono Graph Mechanical Pencil! I've had mine for a month now, but didn't know how to use it! Appreciate your kindness!

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You are so welcome! I hope you enjoy using it. I love mine.

[@mels_home]

thank you soo much! i could not figure out how to refill my pencil and i ended up breaking the eraser in the process.. (as in, i cant put the eraser back into the hole) but thank you so much!!!! this video helped so much

[@couch_enthusiast8915]

Thanks so much for this video! All the instructions were in japanese and my image translator thing barely works, the shaking mechanism is really cool!

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Glad it helped.

[@SqweakySqwizard]

I've been sat here for 15 minutes trying to reload this pencil lol. I had no idea the top popped off! I love this pencil though, beyond my favorite I own!

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You and I both! LOL! I do like it very much too.

[@wa_akii6873]

i was struggling to find the spot to refill it, thx!!

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You're very welcome.

[@bugsmummy]

Thank you. We also needed to see how to refill.

[@bryan1.c]

Never thought i would search how to refil the lead in a pencil

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You and 10k other people. 😆This must be the most helpful video I've ever made, hehe. I remember being clueless when I got this mechanical pencil.

[@sathiyacivil]

hello, thank you for helping find out how to lock this pencil.

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Happy to help!

[@dweibunart5361]

This video is so helpful! I just bought mine and I have no Idea how to put lead inside ;v; Now I know how! Thank you so much!

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You're welcome! It did take me a long time before figuring it out so I thought I'd share in case I wasn't the only one, hehe!

[@Oceaneyed_]

Thank you for showing us how it works!

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Glad it was helpful!

[@usuallyareader6354]

I figured everything but shaking for the lead to come out and i was suprised that the pencil can do that tried to figure out but couldn't so your video helped a lot thx❤

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Glad I could help!

[@moomoome42]

Very helpful!! I’ve been using it wrong this whole time!

[@Sandrinesgallery]

I guess as long as you were able to draw with it, you must have been doing something right! Hehe! I'm glad I could help. I thought if I had a hard time figuring it out, other people might too. Thanks for watching.

[@wsog3]

Thanks - couldn’t figure this pen out!!

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You’re welcome 😊

[@respeed4591]

There is also something that i found out: When you dont like the rattle of the metal barrel in the pen you can simply let the barrel fall to the eraser side of the pen before locking it. The barrel will be stucked in place because of that and wont make an noices anymore.

[@Sandrinesgallery]

That's good to know. Thank you.

[@respeed4591]

@@Sandrinesgallery no problem

[@rosaryy]

Sadly this happened to me perhaps do you know how to fix it and mine was stuck at the bottom

[@respeed4591]

@@rosaryy it should get out when you press the clip of the pen down

[@littlemissprimrose]

I LOVE this pencil. So stylish

[@Sandrinesgallery]

I like it very much too.

[@carolinew302]

Thank you so much for this video 💜

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sasansafari841]

Oh thank you much, I just bought it and i was struggling with reloading it 😂🤦🏻you helped me a lot ♥️

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Glad I could help!

[@ghostofthejunkyard]

The instructions were in Japanese so I was having trouble with the little drawings on the packaging but I didn't wanna damage it so thanks a lot for this video

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Glad I could help!

[@Zen-bq5fh]

Hello, I put lead in the top of my shaker pencil, but it wasn’t coming out no matter how hard it pushed or shake. It was unlocked, but I just had to feed the lead in through the writing part is there anyway I can fix that

[@Kuzumeayate]

I have a HB led in but i want to replace ut with a B led but led ain‘t coming out?

[@malakhaje5421]

thank you that was helpful !! I was about to break it

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Glad it helped!

[@sunny_dew]

So sad cuz the back of mine didnt come out so i cant refill it. This costed me a fortune! Darn it! Edit: wait nvm i found out im just silly lol!

[@Sandrinesgallery]

lol

[@minorfello9278]

Thanks for making this. Literally been using these for over year and never really figured out how they worked.

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Glad it helped. I don't understand why a company would make a tool so difficult to figure out.

[@user-hs6sy8un4m]

God bless your tutorial

[@Sandrinesgallery]

LOL, I figured it might help someone at some point, seeing how clueless I was when I first got it. I like this mechanical pencil very much, but never use the weird features. I don't think they're necessary.

[@rengoku2260]

Thank you very much

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You are welcome!

[@dakzhero1451]

thanks for video i wanna ask that actually i have same pencil when i shake it the clip gets stuck a little and if i shake hard it even gets lock is that normal

[@Sandrinesgallery]

I'm sorry I don't know. I don't shake mine.

[@lune5289]

THANK YOU

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Happy to help!

[@sagarikabiswas1534]

thank you so much. I was having a hayday trying to put in a lead :(

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Glad I could help.

[@fardeensaifi3001]

❤️❤️ amazing

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Thank you.

[@fardeensaifi3001]

@@Sandrinesgallery ❤️.

[@kingskillgaming6340]

thank you

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Glad it was helpful.

[@tytracktytrack3654]

hi! i have one and have been using for months. i accidentally left it where it got squished and the little tip of the pencil got crooked. The leads would just break when I put them in. do you have any idea how to fix this? thanks!

[@fidgettech2375]

Here's my solution for this so I just try to bend it again the table to make it straight and make sure I don't break the tip and don't force to much check every time and make sure it's straight. I make sure by looking through it by the inside if I see through the other side means it is probably straight already hope it helps. :)

[@Sandrinesgallery]

FidgetTech said what I was going to. You can try with pliers as well. But I think it's a pretty precise tip, and if bending it back in the right position doesn't work, I'm afraid it's time to buy a new one.

[@NoName-je1qh]

Hi! I got the Tombrow Mono Graph Pencil, and it has a lock feature so that lead does not come when it shakes in a backpack, car, etc. The problem I have however, is that when I do shake the pencil to get more lead out of it, it just got in to the lock and doesn’t allow lead. Do you know why this is happening ?

[@Sandrinesgallery]

It's hard to say without actually seeing it.

[@oponnercyx203]

Yeah me too. Whenever i start shaking the pencil, it just locks and the lead doesn’t dispense

[@ArtSense247]

Thanks a lot^ ^

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You're welcome!

[@sydzhen6493]

thanks for the video,but I can't figure out the use of locking function...

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You need to slide the clip down, towards the tip of the pencil. Let me know if you have more questions. I use it quite often, but never use the strange options that I find useless.

[@regretstar16]

I bought one online and when it’s own lead was gone I purchase new lead that was 0.5 from staples because it says it need 0.5 lead but now it can’t get out the lead- how do I fix it?

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Bummer! I'm pretty sure you got the right size, it's weird. How did you put the new lead in? Do you know that to do it properly, you need to pull out the black rubbery part that you normally twist to get the eraser to come out? Just hold it and pull it out and see if the lead with come out from this end. If not, try putting another lead in it to see if it would help push out the lead that is stuck inside. If all fails, you can unscrew the metal bit where the lead usually come out when you draw with it. I hope this helps.

[@regretstar16]

sandrinesgallery actually recently my friend who is very talented in fixing pencils XD just simply took off the front part and dumped the clogged lead out- then bam done. Idk how she got the front part off tho, that is imPossibLe.

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You can just unscrew it, like with most mechanical pencils. And then you can take a needle and remove whatever is clogging the tip.

[@mg-wj8mp]

I was so confused thanks 😂❤

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You're very welcome.

[@Gabibi.24]

thank you so much for explications. I don´t know how to refill and shake it...

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You are so welcome!

[@kirajin7533]

Do you think the mono-wx graphite works for this pencil? It was the only lead I found by Tombow near me, I wonder if there are others

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Any lead brand will work as long as it's the same size.

[@kirajin7533]

@@Sandrinesgallery oh ok, thank you so much!

[@Sandrinesgallery]

@@kirajin7533 You bet.

[@sirfionn]

Hey , my tombow lead didn't come out. I was so scared if my tombow jammed or what 😢 I tried to do what you commented in other comment but still doesn't work... I hope you can answer this ASAP !

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Have you tried to unscrew it and see if it's jammed somewhere. Or maybe you just ran out of lead?

[@CandiCow9]

Can you do a tutorial cause my metal part of my pencil is stuck with the part that dispenses the led?

[@Sandrinesgallery]

I'm not sure what to tell you. I haven't had this problem, but if I did, I would try to take it apart and see how I could fix it.

[@noodlelicious.]

Most mechanical pencil have the injector at the end but this one at the clip, so you please the clip on like you always do, and take a lead and insert it from the tip, and the one that is stuck will fell back inside.

[@corruptb9398]

Thankuu

[@arcitekk]

How do you take apart a Mono Graph? The transparent part is full of lead powder, and i want to clean it. Help ples

[@Sandrinesgallery]

I don't think you can. I know you can unscrew the metal end but from there, maybe you can run water through it to clean it? Just make sure it's dry before you use it again.

[@Crazytesseract]

@@Sandrinesgallery Instead of water, use a non pointed needle, in the brass clutch, shake out the dust, repeat four or five times.. OR Take off the eraser part and shake the dust out from behind.

[@Caryn-Brooks]

Can I add more than one lead at a time?

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Yes

[@piali2190]

Does this have the same eraser as the mono graph one?

[@Sandrinesgallery]

My guess is that since they are all Mono products, they probably all have a Mono eraser. But I might be wrong.

[@nepzel42069]

I still dk how to take the lead out of the box. I'm scared if I slide it break the cap.

[@Sandrinesgallery]

If you slide what? What box do you mean?

[@nepzel42069]

@@Sandrinesgallery the tip box, btw I should remove the sticker out of it ,to slide. Took 3 minutes to figure what's wrong.

[@maxverstappen523]

any good replacement leads?

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Anything of the matching size with work. I personally stick with the same brand for now.

[@poppyorangeflower]

Mine only comes out when I shake and not when I need to click a couple of times to increase the lead by a little bit. Super annoying.

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Are you sure it's not locked?

[@NHPhamousPolo]

You may also need more lead

[@ChugMSM]

My pencil makes a VERY irritating spring noise every time it moves. I’m not sure what the cause of the problem is so I was hoping you would

[@Sandrinesgallery]

I'm sorry, I have no idea.

[@ronjurin9754]

Thanks for the tips.. I just got mine.. 😄 and i have no idea how this thing works..😅

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Your're welcome. I figured it might help someone since I had such a hard time figuring it out when I first got mine.

[@jimsqn8170]

what am I supposed to do if a smal apart of led is stuck at the top and the pencil stops working?

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Not sure. I would maybe try using a needle to get rid of it?

[@lollol-jx1bp]

Hello, I've been using mine for months but suddenly the lead won't come out no matter how many I put it. Do you have a solution for that? Thank you in advance

[@Sandrinesgallery]

If you've tried to put too many in there, it's probably jammed. Did you try to unscrew the metal tip so see if you could see anything?

[@lollol-jx1bp]

@@Sandrinesgallery, hello, I just saw your reply. I dont put too many leads (I usually put 1-2 leads inside). How do I open the metal? Thankyou so much for your answer

[@Sandrinesgallery]

@@lollol-jx1bp the bit where the lead comes out of should unscrew easily.

[@fardeensaifi3001]

Is tombow mono graph one,graph shaker or graph are different.and which is better.

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Sorry, I only have the mono graph shaker, which is the one described in this video. But a quick search on the internet tells me that the graph one doesn't have the shaker's option of just shaking the lead out of the pencil. I personally do not like the skaker option and never use it. So I would go for the graph one. But that's just me. Plus it has a clicker on the side which seems pretty practical. I think that the mono graph doesn't have either option (shaker or clicker on the side of the barrel). Hope this helps.

[@fardeensaifi3001]

@@Sandrinesgallery ofcourse that's help me, thanks for your time,you are amazing 🤍.

[@Sandrinesgallery]

@@fardeensaifi3001 Glad I was able to help.

[@Kyorayori]

Here 6 years later i just learn you can shake it 🤦 i always wonder why it has a sliding bar inside, i thought mine was defect...

[@noodlelicious.]

I got this but I have no idea how to refill the lead lol thanks for the demo.

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You're welcome.

[@yeongyeong3331]

hi what if the lead it jammed i need help

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Try to unscrew the metal bit the lead comes out of. Make sure you don't put too many leads in the mechanical pencil at a time. I never put more than two. I often only put one at a time.

[@jumanaraggam8]

@@Sandrinesgallery what if it wont unsecrew? is there a tool I can use to unscrew the metal part?

[@Sandrinesgallery]

@@jumanaraggam8 I'm sorry, I don't know.

[@jumanaraggam8]

@@Sandrinesgallery its alright i managed to unscrew the top using pliers. It didn't work without them that's why I asked.

[@tekasphoenix]

are they sell the refill for the pencil (not the eraser)? :(

[@Sandrinesgallery]

They do have lead refills. I would assume they have eraser refills as well but I don't know for sure.

[@cartienal]

Yes, they do have lead and eraser refills, I usually get mine at JetPens.

[@emfancyy7736]

Yes they have eraser refills, I just ordered some for my 2 pencils like this. I also ordered the 2B tombow lead refills on sale on Amazon. They have 3 tubes with 40 pieces of lead in each tube for 4.92. The erasers you need to get are Tombow Mono Graph Eraser Refill (ER-MG), White.

[@emfancyy7736]

I use 2B lead because it writes darker than the normal HB lead.

[@judithlalnunmawi997]

Thank u so sos soosososososososo muchhhh

[@Sandrinesgallery]

No problem 😊

[@Haii719]

MY LEAD DOSN'T COME OUT WHY

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Are you sure there is still one in there? Maybe it's jammed. Try holding the pencil from the eraser end and flicking it with the other end to try and dislodge it.

[@Haii719]

@@Sandrinesgallery Thank you so much it worked ❤❤❤

[@sirfionn]

​@@Sandrinesgalleryhellooo , my pencil lead still didn't come out could u give a video ? 😢

[@phoni3819]

Where is refill for eraser 🙄

[@Sandrinesgallery]

You have to buy it.

[@SuperAWaC]

a solution to a problem nobody had

[@Sandrinesgallery]

As you can read below...

[@jamesaritchie1]

You aren't supposed to shake it to death. This is what makes it jam up, and it can even break the lead. Nor do you have any control over how much lead comes out. Just ONE quick snap is all you should do. If that isn't enough, do just ONE more. If that doesn't work, buy a better pencil, and there are many better shaker pencils on the market.

[@keiyadavies1289]

any recommendations?

[@Sandrinesgallery]

Any brands in particular?

[@corruptb9398]

One shake is working too i did both a hard shake and and simple one

[@Crazytesseract]

Good one, but you're too late! The pencil was released in 2014, and Clutch situation made the video 5 years back.

[@Sandrinesgallery]

I'm too late for what?